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“Trump is a fundamentally different sort of candidate than the others have been, and not in a good way,” he said.

In the wake of Trump-endorsed U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers of Dunn losing by about 30 percentage points to a fellow Republican incumbent Tuesday, Hood said he fears Trump’s backing won’t offer much support to down-ballot Republicans.

“He causes real problems for GOP candidates on the ballot,” Hood said of the presumptive Republican nominee.